Emergency teams in the Gaza Strip retrieved the bodies of two children who were killed by Israeli occupation forces in Deir al-Balah, central Gaza, Wafa reports citing according to local sources.

WAFA correspondent reported that the bodies of the two victims, identified as 16-year-old Yusuf Ibrahim Abu Mahareb and 14-year-old Mohammed Ghiyad Abu Mahareb, were recovered from the Abu al-Ajeen area, east of Deir al-Balah in the central part of the Gaza Strip.

Meantime, a number of individuals were killed and several others injured in an Israeli drone attack in Jabalia al-Balad area, located in the northern Gaza Strip.

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